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JEWISH COMMUNITY TO INSPIRE SHARON'S COMMEMORATION IN ARMENIA ON HOLOCAUST VICTIMS' DAY
19:33, 14 January, 2014
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. The Jewish community of Armenia
expressed its condolences to Israel on the occasion of the death of
the former Prime Minister of the country Ariel Sharon. The Head of the
Jewish community in Armenia RimaVarzhapetyan stated in a conversation
with "Armenpress" that they will inspire Ariel Sharon's commemoration
at the course of the event devoted to the victims of the Holocaust
to be held in Yerevan on February 4.
"The day devoted to the commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust
is January 27, but this year we will hold it on February 4,"
RimaVarzhapetyan said.
Sharon's funeral was held in on the family farm on January 14. The
former Prime Minister was buried next to his wife Lily's grave.
Ariel Sharon (Hebrew: שר×~U×~_ ×~Pר×~Y×~P×~\ , Arabic:
ﺷïº~NرÙ~HÙ~F أرïº~Kﯿï"~^, AriʼÄ"l SharÅ~Mn, also known
by his diminutive Arik, אַר×~Yק, born Ariel Scheinermann,
ש×~Y×~Y× ×¨×~^×~_ ×~Pר×~Y×~P×~\; February 26, 1928 - January 11,
2014) was an Israeli politician and general, who served as the 11th
Prime Minister of Israel until he was incapacitated by a stroke.
Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948.
As a paratrooper and then an officer, he participated prominently
in the 1948 War of Independence, becoming a platoon commander in
the Alexandroni Brigade and taking part in many battles, including
Operation Ben Nun Alef. He was an instrumental figure in the creation
of Unit 101, and the Retribution operations, as well as in the 1956
Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War of 1967, the War of Attrition, and the
Yom-Kippur War of 1973. As Minister of Defense, he directed the 1982
Lebanon War.
Sharon was considered the greatest field commander in Israel's
history, and one of the country's greatest military strategists.]
After his assault of the Sinai in the Six-Day War and his encirclement
of the Egyptian Third Army in the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli public
nicknamed him "The King of Israel," and "The Lion of God", a pun on
his given name.
Upon retirement, Sharon entered politics, joining the Likud, and
served in a number of ministerial posts in Likud-led governments
from 1977-92 and 1996-99. He became the leader of the Likud in 2000,
and served as Israel's prime minister from 2001 to 2006. In 1983 the
Kahan Commission, established by the Israeli Government, found that as
Minister of Defense during the 1982 Lebanon War Sharon bore "personal
responsibility" "for ignoring the danger of bloodshed and revenge"
in the massacre by Lebanese militias of Palestinian civilians in the
refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. The Kahan Commission recommended
Sharon's removal as Defense Minister, and Sharon did resign after
initially refusing to do so.
>From the 1970s through to the 1990s, Sharon championed construction
of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, as
Prime Minister, in 2004-05 Sharon orchestrated Israel's unilateral
disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Facing stiff opposition to this
policy within the Likud, in November 2005 he left Likud to form a new
party, Kadima. He had been expected to win the next election and was
widely interpreted as planning on "clearing Israel out of most of the
West Bank", in a series of unilateral withdrawals. However, Sharon
suffered a stroke on January 4, 2006 and was left in a permanent
vegetative state until his death eight years later, on January 11,
2014.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/746193/jewish-community-to-inspire-sharon%E2%80%99s-commemoration-in-armenia-on-holocaust-victims%E2%80%99-day.html
19:33, 14 January, 2014
YEREVAN, JANUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. The Jewish community of Armenia
expressed its condolences to Israel on the occasion of the death of
the former Prime Minister of the country Ariel Sharon. The Head of the
Jewish community in Armenia RimaVarzhapetyan stated in a conversation
with "Armenpress" that they will inspire Ariel Sharon's commemoration
at the course of the event devoted to the victims of the Holocaust
to be held in Yerevan on February 4.
"The day devoted to the commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust
is January 27, but this year we will hold it on February 4,"
RimaVarzhapetyan said.
Sharon's funeral was held in on the family farm on January 14. The
former Prime Minister was buried next to his wife Lily's grave.
Ariel Sharon (Hebrew: שר×~U×~_ ×~Pר×~Y×~P×~\ , Arabic:
ﺷïº~NرÙ~HÙ~F أرïº~Kﯿï"~^, AriʼÄ"l SharÅ~Mn, also known
by his diminutive Arik, אַר×~Yק, born Ariel Scheinermann,
ש×~Y×~Y× ×¨×~^×~_ ×~Pר×~Y×~P×~\; February 26, 1928 - January 11,
2014) was an Israeli politician and general, who served as the 11th
Prime Minister of Israel until he was incapacitated by a stroke.
Sharon was a commander in the Israeli Army from its creation in 1948.
As a paratrooper and then an officer, he participated prominently
in the 1948 War of Independence, becoming a platoon commander in
the Alexandroni Brigade and taking part in many battles, including
Operation Ben Nun Alef. He was an instrumental figure in the creation
of Unit 101, and the Retribution operations, as well as in the 1956
Suez Crisis, the Six-Day War of 1967, the War of Attrition, and the
Yom-Kippur War of 1973. As Minister of Defense, he directed the 1982
Lebanon War.
Sharon was considered the greatest field commander in Israel's
history, and one of the country's greatest military strategists.]
After his assault of the Sinai in the Six-Day War and his encirclement
of the Egyptian Third Army in the Yom Kippur War, the Israeli public
nicknamed him "The King of Israel," and "The Lion of God", a pun on
his given name.
Upon retirement, Sharon entered politics, joining the Likud, and
served in a number of ministerial posts in Likud-led governments
from 1977-92 and 1996-99. He became the leader of the Likud in 2000,
and served as Israel's prime minister from 2001 to 2006. In 1983 the
Kahan Commission, established by the Israeli Government, found that as
Minister of Defense during the 1982 Lebanon War Sharon bore "personal
responsibility" "for ignoring the danger of bloodshed and revenge"
in the massacre by Lebanese militias of Palestinian civilians in the
refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. The Kahan Commission recommended
Sharon's removal as Defense Minister, and Sharon did resign after
initially refusing to do so.
>From the 1970s through to the 1990s, Sharon championed construction
of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. However, as
Prime Minister, in 2004-05 Sharon orchestrated Israel's unilateral
disengagement from the Gaza Strip. Facing stiff opposition to this
policy within the Likud, in November 2005 he left Likud to form a new
party, Kadima. He had been expected to win the next election and was
widely interpreted as planning on "clearing Israel out of most of the
West Bank", in a series of unilateral withdrawals. However, Sharon
suffered a stroke on January 4, 2006 and was left in a permanent
vegetative state until his death eight years later, on January 11,
2014.
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